Deep in the Special Operations Bureau, in the Director's office.
Yu Sheng looked Baili Qing up and down until she sighed helplessly and stared back at him with those light-gray eyes.
"What are you looking at?"
"Uh, nothing, nothing." Yu Sheng hurriedly looked away and awkwardly scratched his head. "I was just curious about your..."
"If you mean my horns, they faded away naturally," Baili Qing said expressionlessly. "If you mean my 'sister'—she's feeling a little unwell, so she's taking the day off."
Yu Sheng spent a long while wondering how Baili Xue, who only had a pair of eyes, could be "feeling unwell"—especially since those eyes were some kind of projection.
But seeing how unhappy the Director's sister looked, he thought it over for quite some time and still couldn't bring himself to ask.
After knowing Baili Qing for so long, Yu Sheng felt he could now discern faint changes in expression on that icy face.
"Let's get to the main point." Baili Qing rubbed her forehead and seemed to sigh faintly. "First, let me apologize. I should have contacted you sooner, but there were countless things to deal with. Just arranging all the follow-up work took up most of my energy. I've only just managed to find some free time... Tell me about Eileen first. How is she doing?"
Yu Sheng quickly adjusted his posture and organized his thoughts before beginning to share his information with Baili Qing.
The Boundary Bridge and the Omen crisis had erupted too suddenly, and Yu Sheng hadn't had time to speak with Baili Qing in detail. He still hadn't told her about his final handling of the Boundary Bridge, the information he had obtained from the Omen's memories, or his speculations about the secrets behind the Boundary Bridge. Now that everything had